Tuning the Charge Density Wave and Superconductivity in CuxTaS2

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2008-08-15

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2147v1

Phys. Rev. B 78, 104520 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

7 pages, 9 figures. To be published in Physical Review B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104520

We report the characterization of layered, 2H-type CuxTaS2, for x between 0 and 0.12. The charge density wave (CDW), at 70 K for TaS2, is destabilized with Cu doping. The sub-1K superconducting transition in undoped 2H-TaS2 jumps quickly to 2.5 K at low x, increases to 4.5 K at the optimal composition Cu0.04TaS2, and then decreases at higher x. The electronic contribution to the specific heat, first increasing and then decreasing as a function of Cu content, is 12 mJ mol-1 K-2 at Cu0.04TaS2. Electron diffraction studies show that the CDW remains present at the optimal superconducting composition, but with both a changed q vector and decreased coherence length. We present an electronic phase diagram for the system.

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